My drive to work this morning.
Mar 3rd 2010, 4:02 pm
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Re: My drive to work this morning.
10 mins later a 3rd guy comes and tells me to move my car.....I look out window and see the car has moved so I go and move mine....then go into Project manager and ask why we have to act like 3 year olds wasting half an hour over a god damned car park. There was plnety of parks in front of his offices.
Dumb f.8Ucks
Dumb f.8Ucks
After waiting 20 minutes, a guy comes out, starts screaming at me - "Who do you think you are? You park in my spot, you disrespect me, you disrespect my country. I will call the police, and you will be arrested, deported blah blah blah." Totally OTT behavior.
Was an early eye opener to how some locals behave, and how childishly they can behave if you cross them.
Mar 4th 2010, 3:32 am
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Re: My drive to work this morning.
what a wanker...
Mar 4th 2010, 3:37 am
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Re: My drive to work this morning.
Early on, I didnt realise the fibreglass canopies over car parks meant reserved parking. I parked and went in to look at something for 10 minutes. Came back out, and although there were 5 other vacant parks, some cnut in a Cayenne had parked me in.
After waiting 20 minutes, a guy comes out, starts screaming at me - "Who do you think you are? You park in my spot, you disrespect me, you disrespect my country. I will call the police, and you will be arrested, deported blah blah blah." Totally OTT behavior.
Was an early eye opener to how some locals behave, and how childishly they can behave if you cross them.
After waiting 20 minutes, a guy comes out, starts screaming at me - "Who do you think you are? You park in my spot, you disrespect me, you disrespect my country. I will call the police, and you will be arrested, deported blah blah blah." Totally OTT behavior.
Was an early eye opener to how some locals behave, and how childishly they can behave if you cross them.
It's like if they f'k up when they're driving and you beep them.....they'll fly off the handle and block you in, cut you off etc....."how dare you criticise my driving' type thing.
I had a thread on here in the past about the (insert obvious nationlaity here) who cut me off....I flashed my lights....next thing i'm requested to report to sharjah police station for apparent harrassment of another driver. Assholes!!!!!!!
Mar 4th 2010, 4:02 am
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Re: My drive to work this morning.
I have had this sort of thing on many occassions.
It's like if they f'k up when they're driving and you beep them.....they'll fly off the handle and block you in, cut you off etc....."how dare you criticise my driving' type thing.
I had a thread on here in the past about the (insert obvious nationlaity here) who cut me off....I flashed my lights....next thing i'm requested to report to sharjah police station for apparent harrassment of another driver. Assholes!!!!!!!
It's like if they f'k up when they're driving and you beep them.....they'll fly off the handle and block you in, cut you off etc....."how dare you criticise my driving' type thing.
I had a thread on here in the past about the (insert obvious nationlaity here) who cut me off....I flashed my lights....next thing i'm requested to report to sharjah police station for apparent harrassment of another driver. Assholes!!!!!!!
Mar 5th 2010, 6:49 am
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Re: My drive to work this morning.
I personally think you're just having a bad day and need to just relax a bit.
The petrol station thing out here is what it is. People accept it and it works, to a degree. ATMs are very unreliable but yeah, you just go back the next day and pay. No issues...they have you on camera anyways so if you don't pay you'll get a knock on the door from the old bill.
Parking spot wise, yeah, there are some a***holes around which is well known, but IF it was a reserved spot which was clearly marked (although i know you say it wasn't) i'd have done the same in blocking that person in - i used to do that at home with the reserved spaces there because there were never enough spaces. If it was just some idiot that claims it as a spot without it being reserved **** him.
The petrol station thing out here is what it is. People accept it and it works, to a degree. ATMs are very unreliable but yeah, you just go back the next day and pay. No issues...they have you on camera anyways so if you don't pay you'll get a knock on the door from the old bill.
Parking spot wise, yeah, there are some a***holes around which is well known, but IF it was a reserved spot which was clearly marked (although i know you say it wasn't) i'd have done the same in blocking that person in - i used to do that at home with the reserved spaces there because there were never enough spaces. If it was just some idiot that claims it as a spot without it being reserved **** him.
